Andy Goldfarb – Founder and Chief Butler

Andy is the founder and “Chief Butler”. Photos are Andy’s passion, and he has personally tagged and organized over 70,000 photos for family and friends. Andy served on the board of directors at Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple), m-Qube (acquired by Verisign) and eDocs (acquired by Siebel), where he first met many of the Photo Butler leadership team. He is also the co-founder of Breaking Matzo – an online resource that helps create lasting memories around Jewish Home Holidays – and co-founder and executive managing director of Globespan Capital Partners. Andy has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List as one of the top venture capitalists in the world. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

Andy cherishes time with his two daughters, and is an avid collector of Garden Gnomes.

Andy’s connected! Andy has worked with many members of the Photo Butler team as board member and investor more than 13 times.

Joe Cuccinelli – Co-founder and COO

Joe Cuccinelli is co-founder and COO at Photo Butler. An accomplished product and operational executive, he has worked with Photo Butler team members at several successful Boston startups, including Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple), m-Qube (acquired by Verisign), Care.com (IPO), BlueFin Labs (acquired by Twitter), Nanigans, Upromise (acquired by Sallie Mae), and others. At Apple, Joe was the product lead launching iAd, Apple’s advertising platform. He met Andy and David at Quattro and m-Qube. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Seton Hall University, but was a lousy accountant.

Joe and his son spend their free time building and vanquishing an American Ninja Warrior course in their own backyard.

Joe’s connected! Joe has worked with 8 members of the Photo Butler team 24 times. He knows winning teams!

David Benaim – Co-founder and CTO

David Benaim is co-founder and CTO at Photo Butler. With more than 20 years of experience in technology innovation, he architects products, processes and go-to-market strategies for growth. Prior to Photo Butler, David worked with companies of all sizes in the U.S., South America and Israel, including AnySoft and m-Qube (acquired by VeriSign), where he met Andy and Joe. During his time at m-Qube and Verisign David and his team were responsible for developing and supporting interactive messaging applications for “American Idol”, “Dancing with the Stars”, and others. He earned a B.A. in Computer Science from the PEC Institute of Technology – Venezuela.

In his free time, David hones his skills as an aerial drone photographer. He loves to share photos from every elevation.

David’s connected! David has worked with 7 members of the Photo Butler team 12 times. That’s a lot of code!

Tricia Chang – Head of Product

Tricia is Head of Product at Photo Butler. A seasoned startup expert, she manages product vision, execution strategy and the strategic roadmap. Prior to Photo Butler, Tricia held product roles at several successful Boston startups, including Care.com (IPO) and Nanigans, where she worked with future Photo Butler team members. Tricia is a graduate of Emory University’s BBA program.

Tricia shares photos with her parents in Taiwan and brother on the West Coast to stay connected. An avid traveler who has trekked to places like Everest Base Camp, she uses Photo Butler to capture and share memories on all her adventures.

Tricia’s connected! Tricia has worked with 2 team members at 4 previous companies, but they haven’t accompanied her on one of her adventures.

Boris Revsin – Head of Strategic Partnerships

Boris is Head of Strategic Partnerships at Photo Butler. An accomplished entrepreneur, he nurtures and develops relationships with event organizations on the Photo Butler platform. Prior to Photo Butler, Boris co-founded several successful Boston companies, including VentureApp, Breaktime Media (acquired by Connelly Partners) and CampusLIVE. Boris has been recognized by Ernst & Young as an Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, and attended University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

When Boris steps away from the office, he steps onto the soccer field as a striker.

Boris is connected! His path crossed with Andy, Joe and David many times as advisors and investors. We know a good fit when we see one.

Gerald Hewes – Head of Data Science

Gerald Hewes leads the Data Science team at Photo Butler. An experienced technologist of more than 20 years and avid photographer, Gerald is passionate about applying breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to curate, organize and understand content in images. He is a two-time founder and has held leadership positions at Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple), m-Qube (acquired by Verisign), SessionM and others.

Jim Moran – Advisor

Jim is an advisor to the Photo Butler team and brings more than 20 years of experience scaling technology companies. He is executive chairman at Perfecto, working with the board and executive team to help extend Perfecto’s market leadership and navigate its strategic growth options. He is an angel investor and/or board member in Desktop Metal, Canary, Paydiant (sold to PayPal) and over a dozen other companies.

Jim has executive experience in several Globespan portfolio companies where Andy served on the board of directors: Co-founder and Executive Vice President of eDocs (acquired by Siebel), CEO of Covergence Networks (sold to Acme Packet, NASDAQ;APKT), and COO of Virtusa (NASDAQ;VRTU).

Jim was also managing director at North Bridge Growth Equity and Venture Partners, investing in early-stage and growth equity companies. Jim earned a B.A. in Communications from Northeastern University.

Eswar Priyadarshan – Advisor

Eswar is an advisor to the Photo Butler team. An experienced entrepreneur, product designer and technologist, he is Chief Bot at BotCentral Inc., a company focused on using AI to improve the customer experience, particularly for customer service. Additionally, he’s a Board Member at Possible Health, a not-for-profit intent on bringing high-quality, low-cost healthcare to the world’s poor. Previously, Eswar was senior director at Apple, where he experienced the highs and lows of working directly with Steve Jobs on launching a new Apple product. Prior to Apple, he co-founded both Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple) and m-Qube (acquired by Verisign), both Globespan portfolio companies where Andy served on the board. It was at these companies where Eswar first worked with many members of the Photo Butler team. He is passionate about design, machine learning and natural language applications, and earned a B.A./M.A. in Computer Science from Boston University.

Eswar enjoys reading history and is very proud of the lives his children are carving out for themselves.

Eswar is connected! Photo Butler marks his third collaboration with Andy and other members of the Photo Butler team.

ABOUT PHOTO BUTLER

Photo Butler is changing the way the world shares memories. Powered by Photo Butler, organizations can harness the power of their communities by integrating a highly immersive photo sharing experience directly into their mobile application. Photo Butler helps brands engage their audiences with living shareable albums and gain insightful photo analytics.